taffetas

taffetas

1. plural of taffeta
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 261–262:

     On one table were Indian cabinets, wrought in ivory, ebony, tortoise-shell, and amber; on another were the exquisite porcelain of Dresden and Sèvres; a third was heaped with gold and silver stuffs; a fourth, with the colours of the rainbow, in embroidered taffetas; close beside were perfumed gloves, and the rich ribands of Lyons, and velvets from Genoa fit for the mantle of a Queen

Ultimately from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta).

• IPA^(key): /taf.ta/ ~ /taf.tɑ/

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taffetas m (plural taffetas)

1. taffeta (fabric)

• “taffetas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.